Mobile technologies have the potential to enhance the lives of older adults, especially those who experience a decline in cognitive abilities. However, diminutive devices often perplex the aged and many HCI problems exist. This paper discusses the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to develop intelligent algorithms which will (a) govern how a mobile application adapts the design of ...

This paper initially, describes the NOMAD test-bed being set up at ComNets for network integration to integrate various bearer technologies (GSM, GPRS, WLAN, Ethernet). It is based on different Mobile IP versions (IPv4 and IPv6) and software for ad-hoc networking using the AODV (Ad-hoc On Demand Vector routing) protocol. The second section describes the Mobile IP implementations and the improve...

This article summarizes the challenges and some of our preliminary results for our MAS-net (Mobile ActuatorSensor Networks) project. Combining robotics and sensor network technologies, the MAS-net system is designed as a test bed for diffusion system estimation and control. The long-term goal of this research is to estimate and eliminate dangerous plumes, such as air/water pollutions, terrorism...

The broad acceptance of mobile technology has undoubtedly created new opportunities in communication. The proposed environment attempts to enhance the information flow among the members of a department and, furthermore, to provide a test-bed mobile Web application for students undertaking Internet technologies courses. The key ideas are to support the educational process to provide auxiliary ac...

Gravel bed channels have a much greater capacity than sand bed channels to regulate the mobility of the bed surface through the formation of a surface layer of bed particles that is coarser than the particles supplied as load. The coarse surface layer affects bed mobility in two important ways. First, it reduces differences in mobility between coarser and finer particles on the bed surface by m...

In this paper, we investigate coverage control problem for mobile sensor networks. The novelty is to consider an anisotropic sensor model whose performance depends not only on the distance but also on the orientation to a target point. By adapting Lloyd algorithm, a distributed control law is derived. Aside from coverage, we also show that the control law guarantees collision avoidance between ...

Applications written for mobile devices have become more and more complex, adjusting to the constantly improving computational power of hardware. With the growing application size comes the need for automated testing frameworks, particularly frameworks for automated testing of user interaction and graphical user interface. While such testing (also called capture-replay) has been thoroughly disc...

In this paper, we present our implementation of TeleMIP, a twolevel architecture for IP-based mobility management. TeleMIP essentially uses an Intra-Domain Mobility Management Protocol (IDMP) for managing mobility within a domain, and Mobile IP for supporting inter-domain (global) mobility. Unlike other proposed schemes for intra-domain mobility management, IDMP uses two care-of addresses for m...

Recent research suggests that the resurgence of bed bugs in the U.S. has occurred at an alarming rate. Assumptions have been made that socioeconomic status is not associated with the prevalence of bed bug infestations. Little information is available at the local level, however, about the prevalence of bed bugs in private homes. The authors' pilot study aimed to identify prevalence, knowledge, ...

Autonomous mobile robots have been extensively studied not only as an element of industrial and home automation, but also as a test bed in Robocup competitions to academically establish the achievement of artificial intelligence. One of the essential and critical research areas in autonomous robotics is the learning ability which supports robots to autonomously navigate and adapt to a given env...